The film is devoted to the life and activity of the founder of the Italian Communist Party Antonio Gramsci.
Italy, Rome: the people on the streets, passing a bus. The young Italian sells newspapers. Journalists working in the editorial of the Communist newspaper. Solemn meeting in Rome Palais des Sports, 50-anniversary of the Italian Communist Party. Advocates L. Longo. Landscapes of Sardinia, a place Gilaru, the birthplace of Antonio Gramsci. Photos of Antonio Gramsci. Places associated with the activities of Antonio Gramsci, City of Turin, University building, one of the metallurgical plants. Photo: Delegates Congress of the Socialist Party in the city of Livorno. Gramsci among delegates 4-th Congress of the Comintern (Moscow, 1922.) Italian fascists in Rome, defeated the editorial office. Hall of the Italian Parliament. With delegates to the congress of the Italian Communist Party in the town of Lyon (1926). Gramsci behind bars in the Palace during his trial (photo). Cell, which was signed A. Gramsci in Turin. Foot notebooks with entries written by Antonio Gramsci in prison (32 "Prison Notebooks"). Tomb of Antonio Gramsci.